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Meanings of compete in English
Synonyms
Examples for "challenge"
Examples for "challenge"
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However, he said helping people to make good choices remains a challenge.
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Labour's business spokeswoman said a challenge in parliament could come days later.
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A challenge of a different kind presents itself to EU countries today.
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This is a challenge for city car brands in Europe in particular.
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The challenge occurred if countries wanted to join an international carbon market.
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Four Southeast Asian countries contest China's claims in the South China Sea.
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The last local election contest in 2014 was a case in point.
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The political contest ended in the autumn in favor of Mr. Pierce.
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Most of the main opposition forces in Egypt simply boycotted the contest.
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It is a year, not six months, since the Labour leadership contest.
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The reports said the parties may take the dispute to arbitration court.
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The number of permanent jobs the project would create is in dispute.
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He cited ordinary dispute settlement procedures included in contracts as an example.
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They said they would try to dispute it by all legal means.
5
They reduce to both the capital value of the subject in dispute.
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Democratic legislative leaders contend the items are outside of the budget process.
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They contend this is an issue of exceptional importance in civil procedure.
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Read more Comey's allies contend he is caught in an impossible position.
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The artists also have to contend with the whole Earth analogy problem.
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Especially now that we must contend with soldiers who cannot feel pain.
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Still, expect to see his campaign continue to vie for the constituency.
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This means the companies sometimes vie for acquisition opportunities in the sector.
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A large number of players are expected to vie for the company.
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The inhabitants vie with the Japanese in the manufacture of lacquered ware.
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All the emigrants seemed to vie with each other in being social.
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To do so would impugn the truth of one or the other.
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It is a piece of bare-faced impudence to impugn the girl's honour.
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You impugn the conduct or honor of some gentleman at my table?
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So I know a bit about campaigns to impugn character and damage careers.
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The soundest criticism cannot impugn the honesty or the intelligence of such quotations.
Usage of compete in English
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The problem threatens farmers' ability to compete globally as EU subsidies diminish.
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Companies in participating countries compete for work building components of the jet.
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Just today, 10 Russian athletes lost their final court bid to compete.
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Backers say the global economy requires countries to compete to lure innovation.
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Serious Money: Can the individual investor hope to compete with the professionals?
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European agriculture will, therefore, continue to compete unfairly with unsubsidised producers overseas.
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Globalisation: South African trades are struggling to compete with cheaper foreign markets.
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The feds should also allow all health insurance companies to compete nationwide.
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Hospitals would compete by offering the best rates to attract good doctors.
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Inflation concerns continue to compete with the threat of a US recession.
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Certainly I cannot compete with the effects of a certain young man.
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The Europeans would not be able to compete with China and India.
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A pairing could help the companies compete in their core advertising business.
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We cannot compete in terms of quantity or financial resources, Majetic said.
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We need to do that to compete with New Zealand, she said.
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Chile, for instance, can compete in terms of both quality and price.
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Compete across language varieties
South Africa
Common
New Zealand
Common
Ireland
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